hosannainexcelsis
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The anime didn't adapt the second part of the manga for a reason.
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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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The anime didn't adapt the second part of the manga for a reason.
Admiral Woofington
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Is it sacrilege that I like GTO's second OP more than the first?
The Illiterati
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I have a real bad habit of reading enthusiastic reviews like this and being unable to avoid starting a new show despite being absolutely overrun with media at the moment! Thankfully this is short, so
Ajin: Demi Human 1-2
These were an enjoyable introduction to the series. The only other anime I watch featuring a majority of CG is Berserk, and thankfully this is many steps above it in quality of animation. It's still not 100% there for me, but it looks quite good for the most part. Too early to comment on plot or characters really, but a promising start.
zswordsman
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I was totally enjoying it until curiosity got me and I read the manga spoilers. I didn't even finish it after that :'(
They're both good in their own right. I didn't find either to be better than the other.
This. Avoid it like the plague, since the whole point about it is that nobody ever gets to confess their love for somebody else (Raku -> Onodera, everybody else -> Raku), because the plot constantly gets in the way in the most obnoxious ways possible to upkeep the status quo long after it stops being funny.
Ah, so this is just like my OreImos!
...Wait, what.
names2hard4you
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Absolutely. The show like I said before is definitely not outstanding or anything. Strong 6/10 I'd say so far. But for people that have played the games it should be a treat, just to see where the heck the plot with these characters is going to go.
I'm personally enjoying Despair a lot more than Future, although I feel like it should be the other way around.
Cornbread78
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A Certain Magical Index ep.10-12
Not sure how I feel about this arc, but it looks like Touma is trying to add another young girl to his harem. You know, he keeps having yo "save" these girls constantly.. This girl has had 20,000 clones of herself though, 10,000 of which have been killed off in experiments, so you can kinda understand her emotional torment. Again, bastardly adult teachers and doctors from school abusing children at tgeir will.
Not sure how I feel about this arc, but it looks like Touma is trying to add another young girl to his harem. You know, he keeps having yo "save" these girls constantly.. This girl has had 20,000 clones of herself though, 10,000 of which have been killed off in experiments, so you can kinda understand her emotional torment. Again, bastardly adult teachers and doctors from school abusing children at tgeir will.
Basileus777
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Retcon the first season to better transition into the second?
John Blade
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Much better than Season 3 I have to say and would say it's better than season 2 in some area. Love the season so far and want to see where it will goes now in season 5. Is they an anime version like House of Cards as this will be interesting to watch.
My best friend holds this opinion. It's one of the few things we fight over.
Because the first season bombed?
How bombed are we talking here?
John Blade
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Yea that ending just came out of the left field without even seting it up at all and feel rush. It will be better just to end the previous scene at the school summer break as it will do full circle of the two characters and have some sort of ending.
Admiral Woofington
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part of the reason I tell folks to ignore the last arc entirely and just read the manga from that point.
The Illiterati
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Ajin: Demi Human 3-5
This is definitely a fun watch. There's a scene at the end of ep 4 with the heat of the sun shimmering off of the road that looks fantastic. It's an effect I've never really seen attempted in CGI or animation before, or never noticed.
And then the scene towards the end of episode 5:
Great, great scene!
This is definitely a fun watch. There's a scene at the end of ep 4 with the heat of the sun shimmering off of the road that looks fantastic. It's an effect I've never really seen attempted in CGI or animation before, or never noticed.
And then the scene towards the end of episode 5:
Mr. Sato's attack on the hospital....outrageously cool. Chopping his own arm off and shooting himself in the head to avoid the effects of the tranqs, just to regenerate and take everybody out.
Cornbread78
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Soma S2 ep.5
Proves again why Megumi is the best and Erina sucks (but hey, she loke her shoujo manga). Thanks for the cold tea. Meat girl though, she's making a strong play here, but what's with the tsundere act girl? Really good set-up episode, now I can't wait to see how it all plays out and what games senpai plays with Soma's dish..
Proves again why Megumi is the best and Erina sucks (but hey, she loke her shoujo manga). Thanks for the cold tea. Meat girl though, she's making a strong play here, but what's with the tsundere act girl? Really good set-up episode, now I can't wait to see how it all plays out and what games senpai plays with Soma's dish..
GoldCrusader
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IMO Sato is the best part of the show. He is cool in so many ways!
Glad you are enjoying it! Ajin is so good.
PdotMichael
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Well, they can only blame themselves for not adapting the interesting parts.
PshycoNinja
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May be starting a watch of Ghost in the Shell for the first time...
So ummm... There're quite a few movies for this, huh? Where would one start when wanting to watch GITS?
So ummm... There're quite a few movies for this, huh? Where would one start when wanting to watch GITS?
1995 film, not the 2.0 version.
PshycoNinja
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5 Centimeters per Second - Impressions
I want to do a long-form impression/review of this movie at a later date, as I feel it could benefit from some discussion. (I don't believe I've talked about the movie on here) Other than a few anime series, I don't think I've gotten more upset/frustrated feeling about an end of a movie/anime in my life. This isn't a bad thing.
This movie was successful. While at the time I didn't feel like it did, it did. It was able to pull the exact emotion it wanted from me and made be pause and think about what I had just experienced. It's been a while since I watched it. Almost a month. But every once in a while I reflect on it and remember that feeling, and I remember everything in the story that lead to its ending. Say what you will, but the movie did make its impact on me when I watched it and is still making me reflect on it.
Hopefully at a later time I can come back and go into a its story and animation. Don't know how well I'll be able to articulate the merits and faults of the movie as well as some other more seasoned viewers here, but I would like to try my hand it.
I want to do a long-form impression/review of this movie at a later date, as I feel it could benefit from some discussion. (I don't believe I've talked about the movie on here) Other than a few anime series, I don't think I've gotten more upset/frustrated feeling about an end of a movie/anime in my life. This isn't a bad thing.
This movie was successful. While at the time I didn't feel like it did, it did. It was able to pull the exact emotion it wanted from me and made be pause and think about what I had just experienced. It's been a while since I watched it. Almost a month. But every once in a while I reflect on it and remember that feeling, and I remember everything in the story that lead to its ending. Say what you will, but the movie did make its impact on me when I watched it and is still making me reflect on it.
Hopefully at a later time I can come back and go into a its story and animation. Don't know how well I'll be able to articulate the merits and faults of the movie as well as some other more seasoned viewers here, but I would like to try my hand it.
universe one
Ghost in the shell movie one
ghost in the shell innocence
universe two
Ghost in the shell stand alone complex TV
Ghost in the shell SAC 2nd gig.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
skip
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - the laughing man
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
they are just recaps of the TV series.
Universe 3
Ghost in the shell arise (I haven't watched yet.)
Personally I find the original movie and innocense to focused on being artsy for my liking, but they are still worth a watch before the TV series (I find the TV series to be a vastly superior watch in general, but opinions will differ
).after that just watch the TV series in that order as 2nd gig is a sequel to the first and SSS is a sequel movie.
i have them broken in universes because they are in fact different universes of the show and don't directly related to each other.
PshycoNinja
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Cool. Thanks.
universe one
Ghost in the shell movie one
ghost in the shell innocence
universe two
Ghost in the shell stand alone complex TV
Ghost in the shell SAC 2nd gig.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
skip
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - the laughing man
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
they are just recaps of the TV series.
Universe 3
Ghost in the shell arise (I haven't watched yet.)
Personally I find the original movie and innocense to focused on being artsy for my liking, but they are still worth a watch before the TV series (I find the TV series to be a vastly superior watch in general, but opinions will differ
after that just watch the TV series in that order as 2nd gig is a sequel to the first and SSS is a sequel movie.
i have them broken in universes because they are in fact different universes of the show and don't directly related to each other.
Gonna be honest, you lost me at first. Hahaha.
Anyways, I think I am just doing the one movie for now. I am trying to watch things I usually wouldn't watch. I don't watch many anime movies. I think most would be surprised how little I've seen. So I am trying my hand at some of the ones I've heard good things about: 5 Centimeters per Second, Ghost in the Shell, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Garden of Words, etc.
if you like the girl who leapt through time make sure to add both summer wars and wolf children to your list. (maybe boy and the beast as well but I haven't watched that one yet) as they are all by the same director and all great.
and if you don't like ghost in the shell, skip innocence but at some point give the TV series a watch.
or at the very least give the TV series OST a listen
GitS SAC opening - Inner Universe (latin and english if I recall right)
GitS Sac 2nd gig opening - Rise (don't bother watching the video, but this one is russian and english
)RIP origa
ghost in the shell SAC ending -Steve Conte - Living Inside The Shell (english)
you might know Steve Conte from some other things such as:
cowboy bebop call me call me
cowboy bebop Rain
cowboy bebop movie - diggin'
wolf's Rain Stray
Wolf's Rain - heaven's not enough
but yeah it has fun background music too.
cyberbird
Banquet Firewall
I mean GitS SAC is up there in general for my favorite OSTs.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
This movie could have been a ghibli film if they just fucking talk but its japan.
Grave of the Fireflies Ghibli, or Tale from Earthsea Ghibli?
Start with the 1995 film. And then move onto Stand Alone Complex and Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig. 26 episodes each.
manfestival
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to watch the patlabor tv show again or not to... that is the question!
log horizon 22
we already had a romantic story line with a loli that is supposedly college age, why are we also getting one with a real loli @_@. I figured they would just continue to kind of show she has a crush on him out of respect for him, not dive head first into that crush and make it a main story point :/
hopefully this goes away quickly.
we already had a romantic story line with a loli that is supposedly college age, why are we also getting one with a real loli @_@. I figured they would just continue to kind of show she has a crush on him out of respect for him, not dive head first into that crush and make it a main story point :/
hopefully this goes away quickly.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Eh, the wind rises. But grave of the fireflies aint a bad analogy.
Food Wars 2nd Plate 05
Finally, some much needed screentime for Erina-sama. Miss Perfection has the best standards. Yes, she can't give Soma advice because she'd run the risk of conflict of interest, but giving him a clue on what not to do with the beef stew was good enough. I'd like to know what manga she was reading though.
Nikumi's care package was helpful indeed, lol
Finally, some much needed screentime for Erina-sama. Miss Perfection has the best standards. Yes, she can't give Soma advice because she'd run the risk of conflict of interest, but giving him a clue on what not to do with the beef stew was good enough. I'd like to know what manga she was reading though.
Nikumi's care package was helpful indeed, lol
MikeHattsu
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People talking about the Usagi Drop manga ending again, eh?
People talking about the Usagi Drop manga ending again, eh?
And here you are extending the conversation about something that DOESN'T EXIST!
The manga? The burning ships was quite nice to see.
Chitoge
it had the
standard timeskip stuff
Overall it wasn't what I would call a bad end. Hell, if it wasn't for the huge amounts of filler and fluff, I wouldn't even say nisekoi as a whole was bad.
But yeah, it was alright. Enough that i would want Shaft to animate the rest if they cut the filler and fluff
Yea, the manga. I was quite surprised to hear it ended and on top that someone actually won haha. I also found out who won. I was just curious about how it all went.
The ships get cut 1 by 1 as the ending chapters progress;
Onodera
but is rejected
Thats pretty much it, minus some
timeskip
SliceSabre
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I gotta say I agree with Jarmel almost word for word with his impressions on the GuP movie.
GuP had the same story problem that Cpt. Earth and Star Driver had: you know the ending because the story demands the protagonists cannot lose even one fight.
And I hate that premise so much.
GuP had the same story problem that Cpt. Earth and Star Driver had: you know the ending because the story demands the protagonists cannot lose even one fight.
And I hate that premise so much.
Extremely bad.
Watching people suffer is fun no matter how little it matters.
The latter would probably have more ways to make the conflict interesting since the outcome isn't set in stone.
I don't agree, because ultimately we know that in a given genre a hero cannot -lose-. The outcome is never the interesting part. How is the outcome not set in stone? Even if a character can lose a fight, she cannot lose the overall conflict. In the majority of stories, the protagonist cannot die. There is no expectation on the audience's part that the protagonist will "lose" by the end. Yet it can still be interesting because the outcome is not why people enjoy stories.
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